Football Manager 2008 v8.0.

2 (Build xxxxx)
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General
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- Injured players will not get offered out on loan by parent clubs
- Human gets taken to the competition news screen on big events such as yearly a
ward news items
- Ensured AI replaces overage captains promptly
- When Hearts play Hibs, both teams can now play in their first kits.
- Awards news no longer always refers to manager award winners and runners-up as
having "nothing to choose between them"
- Stopped duplicate player appearing in Best Eleven if the same player is loaned
twice by the club
- Stopped players being unahppy when an international captain is replaced follow
ing his retirement
- Fixed post match key man watch comments not mentioning player being injured/se
nt off/subbed etc
- Changed turkish regens to always be turkish by first nationality and have smal
l chance of a specific second nationality
- Added new possible second nationalities for players born in England
- Tuned retirements of young players without a contract but part of the national
squad
- Tweaked down grey player CA at the low end for non active teams
- Team records now processed for international friendlies.
- Stopped various Feeder links getting cancelled when they shouldn't be.
Interface
=========
- Can no longer choose American All Star teams when creating a tour in USA.
- In a network game, a user is now kept on a team screen if he was using it befo
re the game was continued by another user. Before, the user was always forced to
view a new screen.
- Removed code from U18 contract offer screen.
- Removed "Most Team Points" from Competition Summary screen for Cup Comps
- Changing to a saved team selection would sometimes not show players picked tha
t were in the reserve or youth team.
- Fixed filter flickering on and off on the notes section when it was changed.
- "Information" section for clubs would sometimes showed a number instead of an
informative string.
- Double clicking on the last word in an edit box wouldn't select the right text
.
- Fixed some match colour clash problems.
- The selected row highlight doesn't disappear when changing player instructions
outside a match.
- The advisor would sometimes be disabled by default.
- Fixed window not maximizing properly in large monitors.
- Calendar quick link did not work in some situation where the manager was an in
ternational manager.
- Calendar quick link button is now always available (regardless of if manager i
s unemployed or not).
- The advisor quick link button is now disabled if there are no advisors for the
current screen, or if advisors are disabled.
- Fixed bottom half of the player comparison screen not being visible in some ra
re situations.
- The name of the saved game is correctly translated on the game status screen w
hen changing languages and the game hasn't been saved for the first time yet.
- 'Return' and 'Enter' will complete wizard dialogs such as Start New Game and A
dd New Manager.
- The Player Search quick link button works if manager is international manager.
- Sorting the player history achievements list then selecting a different team/y
ear now displays the correct details below.
- The player profile on the competition player stats section now displays the bi
rth date and age rather than just the number (for age) without any text.
- Captain player reaction strings now show for non-first team squads.
Tactics
=======
- Double-clicking on a player on the tactics pitch that was substituted on now w
orks (shows the player instructions).
- Goalkeeper "distribute to" instruction now works for players substituted on an
d doesn't always reset to "None".
- Player instruction "Swap position" works correctly with player substituted on
during a match.
- Fixed various inconsistencies in the "Specific marking" drop-down menu.
- Paolo Maldini would always show up with a morale of "Unknown" during a match -
this is fixed.
- Fixed "Swap position" of some players not always being updated correctly when
swapping players around during a match.
- When using the squad list on "Tactics" to change player instructions, the defa
ult values for certain instructions were the first possible value rather than th
e normal default value.
- Player instructions or team instructions could sometimes be lost from the tact
ic when saving your team selection and restoring it.
- Player names on the match lineup pitch was sometimes obscured by the player be
hind (with certain formations).
- Fixed slight graphics glitch on the "remove" button on set piece taker panels
(such as penalty takers).
- Text would overrun onto "Instructions" button if the name of the tactic was to
o long or if the team name was too long for the team instructions view.
- The arrow to close/open the mini-pitch on tactics during a match now has a lar
ger catchment area.
Board Confidence
================
- Fixed issue whereby some loan signings wouldn't be judged on the confidence 's
ignings' section.
- Fixed issue where some loan signings were being judged on thier previous club'
s outings
Finances
========
- Tuned down the ticket prices for friendlies involving reserve/youth teams
- Adjusted non-player wage requests to consider current wages and not to ask for
unnecessarily huge raises
- Adjusted the board limitations on the budget adjustments and made it easier fo
r smaller teams to move smaller amounts between budgets
- Adjusted general finances in the German leagues
- Adjusted ticket prices, wages and general finances in the Turkish leagues
- Adjusted collective win bonuses for smaller competitions based on the competit
ion prize money
- Adjusted financial conditions before deciding to build a new stadium
- Disabled the payment of club collective win bonuses to b-teams playing in acti
ve competitions
- Disabled the payment of club collective win bonuses for competitions between o
nly 3 teams (some Italian cups)
- Fixed some sponsorships setup in the DB not showing up right at the start of t
he game
- Tighter board control on signing extra coaches beyond recommended limits
International Management
========================
- Improved AI international squad selection (fixes issues with not enough youngs
ters progressing at national level and older players winning too many caps)
- Fixed bug where if you were managing an international youth side and looked to
organise a friendly with a national side, it would allow you to pick the full n
ational team rather than the team at your equivalent level.
- Ensured players with an international retirement date set in the db retire fro
m international football at the right time
- Stopped news about first game in charge for national managers when taking over
a club side as well
- Fixed rare issue with players being declared 'dropped from squad' for their pr
evious nation when they have since started playing for a different nation
Manager Interaction
===================
- Stop human being allowed to release comment referring to another manager's abi
lity to get his team promoted when that team has already won promotion.
- Allowed manager to view PR text reasons on the player's profile.
News items
==========
- Fixed rare player_bio string where a player's total club appearances were ment
ioned incorrectly
- Fixed instance of news saying player signed new deal until January 1900.
- Fixed news item regarding AI manager watching a potential signing when he is a
lready a future transfer/has signed a transfer deal already.
- Fixed missing headline on competition news panel if the game was won by a team
as higher seed.
Player Unhappiness
==================
- Stopped players maoning for too long about competition for places when they ar
e playing regular football.
Transfers
=========
- Adjusted checks for not allowing U18 players to transfer abroad.
- Fixed another issue todo with boards accepting offer which are a bit too low,
behind the managers back.
- Stopped AI teams from poaching staff in the first couple of months of the game
starting when transfer budgets have been disabled.
- Stopped being able to sign very elite players really cheaply due to their aski
ng price wrapping and going negative.
- Fixed news item claiming the player's current club are favourites to sign him
when receiving a bid for a player who has already been offered in a part exchang
e deal
- Loan transfer offers are now cancelled correctly at the end of the transfer de
adline day.
- Fixed bug where cancelled transfers stayed in the transfer centre infinitely.
- U18 players can now be transfered between two EU based clubs again.
Scouting
========
- Fixed long pause when going to club scouting section after resigning from nati
onal job
Contracts
=========
- Ensured teams who are restricted to x amount of transfers in a single window,
don't count contract renewals.
Competitions
============
- Adjusted the attendances in matches involving reserve/b/youth teams
- Adjusted the chances of foreign b-teams accepting friendlies due to great diff
erence between parent club reputations
- Adjusted the general chances of foreign teams accepting friendlies
- Fixed news item sometimes incorrectly highlighting which players are in and ou
t of continental squads
Asia
====
- Asian Champion League games no longer clash with international fixtures.
Argentina
=========
- Overall stage history is no longer recorded for the Premier Division.
- Added the correct Second Division schedule.
Australia
=========
- Corrected suspension in all Australian competitions.
Belgium
=======
- Belgium Cup no longer stops running when running the First Division only in vi
ew only mode.
- Teams can now name 7 subs on the bench in the Belgian Cup from the last 32 rou
nd.
- Added the correct schedule for the Belgian Second Division Promotion Play-off
stage.
- Lierse are no longer automatically relegated in the first season.
Brazil
======
- Fixed incorrect Brazilian Third Division dates.
- Fixed teams set in the database being used for qualification to Copa Libertado
res when you start in Dec/2006.
- Updated So Paulo State Championship Prize Money.
Bulgaria
========
- Fixed incorrect Bulgarian cup draw dates.
- Teams from correct regions are now promoted from lower divisions.
- Updated TV revenue for Bulgarian "B" Groups and improved tv game selection.
China
=====
- Fixed fixture clash on 7th June 2008 between the Chinese Super League and Asia
n World Cup qualifiers.
- Fixed wrong number of teams getting relegated from First Division in 2009 (sho
uld be 2 teams and not 1).
Croatia
=======
- Corrected the Croatian Cup schedule.
Denmark
=======
- Added the Cotonou agreement to Denmark.
- Non-EU U18 players age checked is based on the players birthday rather than on
the start date of the Danish season.
England
=======
- Extra time now played in the Final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
- Johnstone's Paint Trophy games now kick off at 1945.
- Added loan restrictions for the Blue Square North and South divisions.
- Removed the rule saying the match will go to a replay for cup replay games.
- Only two games are shown on tv for the first two rounds of the FA Cup.
- Added AFC Bournemouths and Luton Towns 10 point deduction.
- Made sure FC Hayes, Farnborogh and Solihull Moors can play in the FA Cup from
the first season.
- Fixed fixture pile up the Blue Square Premier League in April 2012.
- All play-off games are televised for the Championship, League One, League Two
and the Blue Square Premier divisions.
- 7 subs allowed for Premiership from 2008/09 season.
Europe
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- Fixed incorrect Champions League, Uefa Cup, Quarter and Semi Final Draw date.
Finland
=======
- Finnish Cup final now played at Finnair Stadium.
France
======
- Seven subs can now be named in the French Cup for Ninth round onwards.
Germany
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- B teams no longer take part in the German Cup from the 2008/09 season onwards.
- B teams no longer can be promoted into the Second Division.
- Main teams and B teams no longer can be in the same division.
- Improved team allocation in the regional divisions.
- B teams can now be promoted from the regional divisions.
- Regional Division games no longer clash with the First round of the German Cup
.
- Added seating capacity restrictions to the German Third Division.
- Restricted the number of B teams to 4 that can be promoted to the Third Divisi
on in the first season.
- Moved one game for TV in the German Third Division.
- Correct distribution of prize money in the German League Cup.
Greece
======
- Cypriot players are no longer classed as foreign in the Greek leagues.
- Can now register players from the 1st July again.
- Greek Cup winner always qualifies for EURO Cup.
- Fourth round of the Greek Cup no longer goes to a replay.
Holland
=======
- Stopped the European/Relegation play-off games from clashing with european fix
tures.
Hong Kong
=========
- Reserve league match squads must have at least 5 players under 20.
- Hong Kong C now participate in Reserve League of Hong Kong.
Iceland
=======
- Fixed subsitution rules in the league cup and first division.
- Made sure the correct teams enter into the correct league cup after the league
expansion.
- Correct teams play each other in the quarter finals of the Upper League Cup.
- Relaxed work permit rules.
- Season odds, pitch dimension selection and team win bonus news items are now g
enerated.
Ireland
=======
- If a lower division team wins the Irish First division relegation playoff, it
is now always promoted.
- Fixed Irish Champions Leaue representatives not featuring in the All Ireland C
up when Ireland is not active.
- Fixed number of Irish Premier Division rounds as from 2009, should be 4 and no
t 3.
Israel
======
- News item now reports you've qualified for the Quarter Final of the Premier To
to Cup after the group stage.
Italy
=====
- Worst team(s) in regular season now play at home first in Serie C playoffs.
- Improved range of neutral venues for Coppa Italia final.
Malaysia
========
- Malaysian players are not treated as foreign at DPMM.
- Added special transfer rules for Malaysia U19.
Portugal
========
- Bans now apply straight away in Portugues league competitions.
- Stopped the League Cup Final clashing with international games.
- Improved the TV games for the Bwin Liga.
Republic of Ireland
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- Fixed a crash in the Munster Senior Cup caused by a Munster team getting releg
ated from the Irish First Division.
Romania
=======
- Second League match squads should now have to contain two U19 players.
- Updated the initial TV revenue for First League teams.
- Added correct winter transfer window.
Russia
======
- Stopped fixture clash between the Russian Premier Division and the European Ch
ampionship Qualifiers.
Scotland
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- League Cup games no longer clash with European Championship Qualifiers.
South America
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- Lowest seeded team plays at home in the first leg of the Libertadores Final.
South Korea
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- Removed the foreign restriction rule for the All-star game.
Spain
=====
- Fixed bug where teams that promoted from 2nd Division (Liga BBVA) to 1st Divis
ion, don't play in the Spanish Cup.
- Fixed some issues where some senior players weren't being registered
Turkey
======
- Fixed some dates for the Super Cup and the Super League.
- Updated Super Cup venue.
- Fixed end of season loans in Turkey ending before last game of season.
- Premier Division clubs can now register a total of 8 foreign players (instead
of 7 previously).
- Corrected Turkish Cup prize money.
- Premier Division now uses 6 foreign players in first 11 rule, 8 in full match
squad.
- Premier Division teams must include at least one U23 player in their 18-man ma
tch day squad.
United States
=============
- MLS conference playoffs now play the right teams against each other.
- Fixed bug where some players were getting offered 60k a week.
- Long term injured players not now waived on squad registration dates.
Ukraine
=======
- Added new Ukrainian Cup format.
Uruguay
=======
- Corrected the First Division, Second Division and Liguilla schedules.
- Stopped inappropriate news item when you win the Opening Stage of the league.
World Club Championship
=======================
- Added extra time to all rounds except the Third Place play-off game.
- Suspensions are now used in the World Club Championship.
International
=============
- Stopped Macau from hosting international competitions.
- Fixed international news item saying an injured player would miss a game again
st the team he has just played against
- Fixed international assistant manager occasionally reporting opposing players
unavailable when really they are available
- Increased USA chance of playing in the Copa America.
- Over 23 players can only player in the Olympics but not the qualifying games.
- Improved the teams selected to play in the U20 World Cup from Africa and Asia.
- Only one nation from a continent can be drawn into the same group in the U20 W
orld Cup (except when a European nation is the host).
- Teams in the Asian Cup Qualifiers no longer select players whos clubs are play
ing in the Asian Champions League.
Football Manager 2008 v8.0.1
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General
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- Supporter spokesperson's nationalities match up to their city of birth.
- Team-mates will no longer dislike each other for seemingly no reason.
- Reduced incidents of players having "Worried by lack of discipline" unhappines
s.
- Players more likely to be unhappy at being harshly fined.
- News is now sent to the human if a reserve team friendly he has arranged is re
jected.
- Supporter Spokespersons don't respond to job adverts anymore.
- 'Reject all offers' holiday instruction now works for draft pick transfer offe
rs.
- Players do not gain a year of nation eligibility if they are returned from loa
n early.
- Players do not gain extra days of nation eligibility to their main teams nation
when returning from loan.
- Slight limits on morale of players who havent been at clubs very long.
- Non-EU Under 18 players can now move within EU countries if they are already i
n a EU country.
- Improved the code which chooses ethnicity of players with dual nationalities.
- Lowered abilities of virtual players in reserve teams.
- Stopped exploit which allowed multiple feeder clubs to be gained at once.
- Fixed "Ends with" Favourites filter on player staff search returning erroneous
results.
- Stop recently retired players becoming part of consortiums in club takeovers a
t too young an age.
- Can now fine players for unprofessional behaviour / sending off again within t
he period of their last fine.
- Stopped cheat that allowed multiple feeder clubs to be gained at one time.
- For fixtures at neutral venues, sometimes the match odds would be swapped betw
een the 2 teams.
- Made morale slightly lower for attacking players who are on a goal drought.
- Fixed the issue of too many players with just first name as common name (for e
xample Portugal).
- Adjusted the non-playing attribute distribution for newgen non-players.
- Adjusted the starting ability and development of non-playing staff.
- Stopped players from occasionally disliking themselves.
- Tweaked Feeder Clubs selection (including reducing Irish feeders for British t
eams).
- Fixed expansions to stadium capacity being reverted when loading a saved game.
- Fixed seating expansions for non-professinal clubs when requested by the leagu
e.
- Stopped player status getting set to backup from not needed in Spain and other
leagues with B teams.
- Stopped human being able to set the captain and vice-captain to be the same pe
rson when replacing an old vice-captain.
- Fixed bug where captain set via news item would not be used in tactics and the
refore in the match, caused by going to the tactics screen before confirming the
news selection.
- Fixed bug where B teams in active leagues were sometimes not giving squad numb
ers out to enough players.
- Fixed problem with show recent attribute changes setting not being restored pr
operly when moving between player screens
- Adjusted the physical attributes decline for older players to start earlier
Board Confidence
================
- Got long-term expectations to update quicker once a team has effectively finis
hed thier season (e.g team wins league with 10 games to go).
- Fixed long-term expectations confidence level getting set to zero if team gets
to a higher division than it's long-term expectations and stays in that same di
vision the following season.
- Got the board to offer new contracts to managers around 2 months before the en
d of thier deals instead of the existing one month, if deals get to that stage.
Finances
========
- Adjusted transfer income percentages for financially troubled clubs.
- Adjusted building costs of new stadiums and added possible grants for smaller
clubs.
- Enhanced the chances of a takeover when club is bankrupt for a long period.
- Fixed amateur team not to pay wages to managers.
- Fixed new sponsorship news item in some cases showing 0 instead of the real val
ue.
- Fixed support for "remaining wage budget" imported from the database at the st
art.
- Fixed support for custom stadium rental fees set in the database at the start.
- Fixed sponsorships that had no value set in database (fixes saved games at the
first monthly financial update).
- Fixed start and end dates for starting loans read from the database.
- Fixed club transfer and wage budget given to a new hired manager to match the
ones in the news.
- Fixed transfer budget update with season expectation news when no multiple exp
ectations to choose.
- Prevented human users from exploiting the budget adjustments and season expect
ations to boost budgets excessively.
- Tuned Argentinean ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Australian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Brazilian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Colombian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Danish general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned French general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned German general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Italian general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Mexican ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Norwegian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Peruvian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Russian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Uruguayan ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tweaked feeder club payments for smaller clubs and poorer nations.
Team Selection
==============
- Fixed issue regarding Gk's being picked outfield.
- Given staff members greater flexibility when rating players for squad selectio
ns / teams.
Crashes
=======
- Fixed crash if user retires whilst on the Jobs screen.
- Fixed possible crash when user accepted job offers from other teams.
Database
========
- Fixed a problem with Finnish weather, it doesn't always rain now.
User Interface
==============
- Fixed an issue with skins in the user data folder picking up the wrong skin se
ttings in some cases.
- Make available for reserves menu item was out of line with other options.
- The "Change User" menu would disappear in hot seat mode until the game was con
tinued.
- Fixed bug where match split view panels would sometimes both default to Pitch
view.
- Fixed some continue button text issues when a human picks 2 teams for matches
at the same time.
- If a team scores more than 9 goals in a match, the match overview section no l
onger shows ".." for the goals.
- You can now view the knowledge sub-section of the scouting panel for teams wit
hout scouts
- Fixed bug where the match screen split view could show 2 pitch panels at the s
ame time.
- Future squad selection rules which will apply to a team are now shown (greyed)
on the team screen.
- Stopped situation where monthly calendar news would appear even if there were
no important dates to be shown.
- Message saying a player or players couldn't be selected due to travelling to b
e with 'their squads' now references international squads.
- Draft allocations panel has now been moved of the Transfers panel on the team
screen.
- Best Eleven screen remembers view when leaving the screen and returning.
- Fixed a bug in the squad selection rules error message. The list of invalid pl
ayers was not getting displayed in full.
- Added status icon "PR" (Player Reaction) for player reacting to collective bon
us decisions.
- Longest time at club record for a manager now shows correctly if the manager h
as been without a club for a longer time.
- Assistant manager team talk button is now hidden if a team does not have an as
sistant manager.
- Rows no longer disappear from the Award winners screen when players retire.
- Fixed bug where post match details would not appear properly sometimes when na
vigating away from the screen and returning.
- Portuguese players now get shown as being eligible to gain Brazilian nationali
ty.
- Days to qualify for nationality do not increase for a country the player is no
t currently in.
- Fixed a bug where sometimes a cup draw would take place before the user had a
chance to draw it themselves.
- Coach report screen remembers which coach you were using to get reports when m
oving between players.
- Fixed bug where user could make a sub during a penalty shootout.
- Fixed a problem where the user could attempt to create a new folder with illeg
al filename characters.
- When user changes the "Show Highlights In" setting in a match when a pitch is
already showing, the new pitch panel will now appear properly.
- Fixed problem with continue game timeouts kicking in before the full time team
talk has been given.
- Fixed problem that could cause new skins to not show up on the preferences scr
een.
- Fixed a problem with the injury duration description on the player profile scr
een for certain pre-game injuries.
- Players who gave gained a second nationality but remain in that nation no long
er have an entry staying on their Days to Gain nationality panel.
- Added Tight Marking to view menu in the in-match tactics.
- Can no longer reject transfers that meet minimum fee release clauses via the t
ransfer centre.
- Fixed a few club kit colours.
- Fixed a bug where the gk player instructions were getting replaced by an outfi
eld players if a certain series of steps was carried out on the tactics screen.
- If no highlight is playing, the pitch section on the match screen is disabled.
- Next match button on match screen when viewing highlights now works correctly
each time.
- Highlighted profile on team and player competition stats overview screen now u
ses stats for that competition not overall stats.
- When viewing highlights of a past match, the pitch action is now smoother.
- Changing "Closing Down" descriptions on player and team instruction panels.
- Updated horizontal scrollbars visible on Competition Tree view.
- Man of the Match and Injuries are now highlighted better on Match Overview and
Match Stats sections.
- Fixed a rare problem where match screen would sometimes not allow users to go
back into tactics after making a change.
- Fixed bug where coming out of tactics sometimes wasn't returning the user back
to full match highlight mode properly.
- Improved star graphics to make it easier to tell the difference between each l
evel.
- When viewing scout reports for specific assignments it now remembers the assig
nment when returning back from looking at a player profile.
Media
=====
- Golden Boot news is now sent directly to the human if one of his players is in
the top three.
- Monthly player award news uses the correct stadium name if the player moved cl
ubs at the end of the month.
- Award voting reminder news now states the correct voting deadline for Final Re
minders.
- Total transfer spending record news does not repeat when monthly installment p
ayments are made.
- Ensured correct stadium is used when news item mentions next fixture in manage
rial landmark news e.g 1000th game in charge.
- Can no longer appeal ban for two yellow card sendings off.
- Lowered threshold for judging cup shocks.
- Fixed scout next opposition "Comment on Dangerman" button taking you to the in
teraction screen with no dangerman comments just before the match.
Coach Reports
=============
- Fixed issue where you would receive a news item stating that a player had prog
ressed well and then the coaches wouldn't comment on his progression in the coac
h report.
- Fixed issue when assistant highly rates virtually the entire team.
Contracts
=========
- Boosted the squad status expectations and wage requests of players involved in
big money transfers.
- Put in code to help dissuade staff members from moving clubs shortly after sig
ning a new contract.
- Players signed through a waiver draft do not sometimes reject contracts now.
International Management
========================
- Fixed news item saying player was left out of international fold when he is wa
s injured and unable to be called up anyway.
- Fixed line saying players coaxed out of retirement were left out of previous s
quad.
- Fixed international manager attending the wrong game when a club had another m
atch before the game that he elected to go and watch.
- Main, U21, U19 text on national pool now hyperlinks to the respective squads.
- National supporter spokespersons now have cities of birth.
- Ensure that, in the run-up to an international match, players for clubs who ha
ve fixtures re-arranged for the mid-week don't travel until after that match.
- Stop human international teams organising friendlies against teams who don't c
urrently have a team enabled in the same age group. e.g. Bermuda U20s vs England
U20s at game start date.
- Fixed message relating to player's other nationality when user asks dual natio
nality player to play more first team football to gain place.
- Stopped pre-signed players (who are too young to play for a club side e.g. Ale
xander Pato) being prevented from playing for an international team.
Scouting
========
- Ensure that the min asking price is going to round greater than 0 before comme
nting on the likely asking price.
- Ensured scout's with high judging potential aren't as accurate when rating pla
yers for potential.
- Fixed issue when changing a coach's role to scout and he couldn't perform assi
gnments.
Transfers
=========
- Stopped AI teams attempting to re-new loans when the player is unable to go on
-loan to them because of the teams division loan rules.
- Players who have incorrect club join dates set in the database are now allowed
to go on loan from Premier League teams.
- Ensured players without work permits will join work permit feeder clubs.
- Increased the threshold before chairman will accept bids over the head of the
manager in charge.
Awards
============
- Greek Club of the Year award is now given.
- Cypriots are no longer considered Foreign in Greek awards.
- Stripped out starting Award History's in games started without real players.
- Fixed problem where if all your own players dominate an award shortlist you wo
uld get stuck on the voting screen.
Competitions
============
- Stopped games been incorrectly called off due to international call-ups.
- Fixed clash between Champions League and South American World Cup qualifiers i
n 2009.
- Adjusted attendances for small clubs playing in cup competitions.
- Adjusted long term effects of fan days.
- Adjusted the attendances in intra-squad friendlies down severely.
International
=============
- Austria and Switzerland now play their group matches in their own country for
Euro 2008.
- Denmark now play their home matches at NRGi Park until the 14th Oct 2007.
Argentina
=========
- Argentine Second Division History now recorded.
Australia
=========
- Improved teams Australian teams play in friendlies.
- Fixed conflicting squad restriction in 2014 and beyond.
Belgium
=======
- Stopped duplicate transfer round-up news item appearing for Belgian clubs.
- Belgian Cup Final is played at the Stade Roi Baudouin.
- Correct Second Division Playoff schedule is now used (all teams play each othe
r home and away).
- 2nd to 5th position are used instead of the Period winners in the Second Divis
ion Playoff stage.
Brazil
======
- Brazilian National Third Division history is now updated correctly.
- Added the Brazilian National First Division prize money.
Chile
=====
- Added correct transfer windows.
Czech Rep
=========
- Fixed promoted and relegated teams not matching up between the First and Secon
d Division when a relegation position play-off is needed.
Denmark
=======
- Added 6 points deduction for Boldklubben Frem 1886.
- Saturday Premier Division game is now shown on TV.
Holland
=======
- Fixed some news item problems to do with the Dutch Premier Division playoffs.
- Fixed fixtures clashing with European fixtures.
England
=======
- Better TV game selection for FA Cup games.
- Mid-week games now kick-off at 1945.
- Updated the Setanta Shield prize money.
- FA Trophy Final is now televised.
- Johnstone Paint Trophy games now have games shown on TV.
Europe
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- Royal League has now been cancelled.
- The two legs of the later cup rounds do not both get played on the same day of
the week.
- Champions Cup group stage draw can now be viewed.
- Changed date of Euro Cup group stage draw.
- Fixed Champions League group stage win/draw prize money.
Greece
======
- Fixed back to back squad registration windows around the 17th August.
Hong Kong
=========
- Fixed user being able to sign more than 12 foreigners in Hong Kong First Divis
ion.
- Hong Kong First Division Reserve matches played in neutral stadiums of 4,000 o
r less.
Hungary
=======
- Fixed Hungarian League Cup winners not appearing in competition history.
India
=====
- Teams can now register 4 foreign players in their National Football League squ
ad.
Indonesia
=========
- Contract end dates are now set as 31st October.
Israel
======
- Squad numbers now used in all competitions.
- 5 foreign players can now start in a Israeli Cup match.
Italy
=====
- Added this years Italian Serie C Cup teams.
- Applied -1 points deduction to 3 Serie C2 teams.
- Serie A teams that have their match postponed to Sunday should be playing at 3
pm not 4pm.
Malaysia
========
- Fixed foreign player rules for some competitions.
Mexico
======
- Fixed bug where teams would sometimes get a Mexican First Division title added
to their achievements for winning the playoff stage.
Norway
======
- Added correct squad selection rules for the Norwegian Premier and First Divisi
on.
- All clubs in Premier and First division get under-soil heating.
Peru
====
- Two teams are now relegated from the Peruvian First Division.
Poland
======
- Cancelled the 10 points deduction applied to Polish Second Division side Odra
Opole.
Portugal
========
- First three rounds of the League Cup now use the correct seedings.
- Updated TV dates and times for the Portuguese top two divisions.
Scotland
========
- Trialists can no longer play in cup games.
- Football League match day squads can only contain 2 trialists.
- Fixtures are now generated for the second season in all Scottish leagues.
- Fixed a bug where the league was sometimes not sorted before the split was int
roduced.
Singapore
=========
- Fixed Singaporean League Cup record not being written in competition history.
- Add Random draws for Singapore Cup and Singaporean League Cup.
- Change of transfer windows for Singaporean League.
- U18 league matches now played at neutral stadiums with 1500 or less capacity.
- Singapore U18 & U17 team cannot sign foreign players.
South America
=============
- Teams from the same nation play against each other in the Copa Sudamericana Se
mi Final stage.
- Uruguayan teams now seeded correctly in the Copa Libertadores.
- South American Continental Cups now get correct referees for matches.
Spain
=====
- Implemented Cotonou Agreement for Spanish league - players from 79 ACP (Africa
n, Caribbean and Pacific states) countries no longer considered non-EU.
- Fixed bug where some players were not getting minimum fee release clauses.
Sweden
======
- Pre-season no long starts on 24th December for teams involved in the Royal Lea
gue.
- Changed the teams which move divisions When game is started in 2008.
United States
=============
- Foreign developmental players do not count towards the wage cap.
- Fixed bug where squad selection rules for certain MLS teams were not showing t
he correct maximum values at all times.
- Correct 2007 fixtures added.
- Allowed squad numbers up to 99.
- MLS teams can no longer sign foreign players from the PDL before they reach 22
or enter a draft.
- Fixed a problem with the American player rule for Toronto. Some players were b
eing wrongly classified as Americans.
- MLS Rising Stars team is now filled with American players only.
- Players on free transfer with MLS rights have to be traded instead of being ap
proached directly.
- Changed stage names of MLS conference playoffs.
- Virtual players now ask for developmental contracts by default.
- Improved selection of players from a draft. Teams make fewer passes.
- Updated maximum allowed wage $325,000 p/a outside of Designated Players.
- Fixed wrong teams in CONCACAF Champions Cup.
- Toronto foreigners now gain Canadian nationality not American if they stay for
enough years.
- Fixed bug which was converting future draft allocations offered in transfers t
o 6th pick draft allocations.
- Toronto now get Canadian nationality youth players instead of American.
Assets
======
England
-------
- Fixed Marvin Elliot / Marvin Williams picture mix up.
- Added Bath City badge
- Added Solihull Moors badge
Spain
-----
- Added Athletic Bilbao player pictures
- Added Atletico Madrid player pictures
- Added Deportivo player pictures
- Added Espanyol player pictures
- Added Levante player pictures
- Added Osasuna player pictures
- Added Racing Santander player pictures
- Added Real Betis player pictures
- Added Real Mallorca player pictures
- Added Real Murcia player pictures
- Added Real Valladolid player pictures
- Added Recreativo player pictures
Match Engine Version History
============================
- Fixed bug where the match was treating the JTP North/South finals as the main
final itself.
- When an injured player is also sent off, the game won't force the human manage
r to replace him.
Match v639
==========
- Re-worked marking and closing down to address conflict between the two - defen
ders should now close down better when appropriate.
- Further improved team reactions to cleared set pieces.
- Reduced delay between foul and whistle.
- But...allowed more advantages when prudent.
- Improved set piece positioning for free kicks and some throws.
- Fixed keeper occasionally kicking off new match period.
- Fixed another example of player kicking off to no-one.
- AI teams now add "back arrow" to def mid position for one MC if needed.
- AI teams a little more reactive to opposition pace when setting D-line.
- Small tweak to ease overcautious AI use of mentality slider occasionally.
- Made players take longer to accelerate all the way to full speed.
- Made blatant offsides get called a little quicker.
- Enhanced effect on flair of "creative freedom" slider slightly.
- Fixed bug that would stop full back overlapping run prematurely.
- Improved smoothness of dribbling slightly.
- Players now look to run into space with ball better.
- Stopped a few unrealistic examples of poor first touch.
- Allowed players to take more first time shots when appropriate eg rebounds.
- Improved attacking positioning for certain formations that use "side arrows" o
n attacking midfielders.
- Improved attacking position of central "in hole" player.
- Stopped certain illogical forward runs being made from deep.
- Defenders put tackles/clearances in more appropriately.
- Biased aerial challenges slightly more towards those with higher jumping.
- Slightly less fouls when jumping for the ball.
- Reduced keeper effectiveness on close in shots slightly.
- Low team blend now has more effect on mental attributes.
- Allow more quick free kicks to be taken.
- Improved ball receiver AI slightly.
- Defenders caught wrong side of ball try to get back faster.
- Fixed defenders pushing up to edge of area when should be dealing with ball pl
ayer.
- Improved player ability to deflect shots/crosses.
- Fixed defenders coming across and heading ball that team mate had covered.
- Tweaked decision making for ball player.
- Improved finishing for "bread and butter" chances.
- Improved accuracy of "bread and butter" passes.
- Further tweak to keeper kicking distance.
- Headers from descending balls now more likely to be looping in nature.
- Improved kicked clearance direction from defenders.
- Improved "subdued" goal celebration where scorer used to move a bit then stop
still.
- Ball shadow slightly less pronounced in FM.
Match v640
==========
- Improved referee ability to try to "play the advantage".
- Fixed anomaly causing further problems with kick offs.
- Fixed AI subs when keeper sent off that could cause 2 goalies to be present.
- Another tweak to AI mentality setting.
- Made AI teams try to exploit 3 at the back without wingbacks by getting ball w
ide more.
- Improved positions at goal kicks.
- Improved corners sent to player lurking outside area.
- Improved use of channels to pass into and move into.
- Made first touch a little more realistic.
- Made players even more willing to run with ball into space when possible.
- And more likely to shoot in good positions.
- And more likely to cross in good positions.
- And more likely to turn before hoofing ball clear when necessary.
- Power shots more likely to go too high.
- Improved player perception of potential interceptions on pass.
- Improved direction of "flick on" headers.
- Improved code that decides whether player should pass ball around and keep pos
session based on directness, time wasting etc.
- Made "tackle clearances" more realistic in terms of distance and direction.
- Fixed anomaly that allowed potential clearance towards own goal when very clos
e to it.
- Reduced instances of players dribbling ball out of play.
- Keepers more likely to follow distribution instructions.
- Keepers more effective on long shots.
- Fixed rare occurrence of keeper not taking up position for penalty kick.
- Improve defender marking on ball player running at pace with ball.
- Made players less likely to leave tactical shape to mark opponents when ball a
nd player not in danger area.
Match v641
==========
- Fixed crash that occurs after player about to kick off gets a red card.
Match v642
==========
- Made sure free kick isnt called back after advantage has been played for a sens
ible amount of time.
- Fix to stop players continuing to swap when option removed in tactical change
during match.
- Fixed bug where slight injury isnt reported when watching match in "commentary
only" ( FM only ).
- Improved variety of assistant manager team talk suggestions.
- Made sure offside always called when player shoots for goal and has team mate
standing well offside in ball path.
- Slight tweak to player match ratings to give them more range.
- Improved player run with ball AI.
- Improved full backs overlapping, and made their teammates more likely to try t
o pass to them.
- Further change to closing down code, as initial fix wasnt quite coded correctly
.
- Made players clear ball quicker under real pressure.
- Fixed bug where defenders might pass up obvious interception opportunities.
- Stopped players moving back into onside positions at unrealistically fast spee
d.
- Reduced pointless off ball runs that just made it harder for team mates.
- Fixed anomaly from pass vs interceptions decision making in 640.
Match v643
==========
- Fixed central defenders sometimes using closing down rather than marking again
st pace.
- Stopped AI managers playing too negatively when losing due to their sitting ba
ck attribute.
- Fixed interceptions not being recorded properly in match stats.
- Made defenders clear ball when under pressure in own area and ball bouncing at
awkward height.
- Improved player decisions on when to tackle when up against player running wit
h ball.
- Improved short throw ins slightly in terms of direction and speed.
- Made players a little more willing to shoot first time.
Match v644
==========
- Fixed match score divergence.
Match v645
==========
- Fixed advantage not being always played when fouled player gets clear of his a
ssailant.
- Further tweak to closing down logic, to make it slightly more accurate vs slid
er descriptions.
- Made players work harder to get back to opponents who have gone beyond them.
- Fixed extremes of players not reacting for ages to ongoing play.
- Tweaked player choice of opponent to mark to include tactical position more.
- Improved direction of facing for defenders marking attackers in open play.
- Fixed bug in defensive line pushing to edge of area for team defending left en
d of pitch.
- Improved direction of defender who is chasing down attacker who is running wit
h ball and has got ahead of him.
- Slight improvements to players decisions on whether to clear ball under pressu
re.
- Tweaked up pass accuracy a bit, especially when under no pressure.
- Made lesser players limit pace on pass to increase accuracy ( subject to decis
ions test ).
- Changed pass risk assessment to reflect mentality setting and flair a little m
ore.
- Less hoofs up field to no-one when under no pressure, unless time wasting.
- Made players cross more willingly and also earlier when possible depending on
instructions.
- More shots when in obvious good positions.
- Players with decent decision making less likely to dribble into trouble.
- Players more likely to get ball onto best foot.
- Improved first touch a little.
- Fixed bug where player sometimes moves really slowly with ball for ages.
- Made it harder to cut back ball dramatically when running down wing at pace.
- Improved logic of bias towards pass focus instruction when assessing passes.
- Improved off ball movement slightly.
- Stopped target men moving into channel so often when getting long balls to hea
d.
- Players come to loose balls more aggressively, and try to intercept earlier in
own danger zone.
- Attacking players also more likely to follow up on shots.
- Made keepers less likely to let ball go narrowly wide of post, unless extreme
time wasting.
- Improved direction of keeper kicking.
- Less fouls when going for headers.
- Further tweak to make more early shots when under pressure or in good position
.
- Made some headers on goal slightly less powerful.
- Stopped first time shots coming in from ridiculous positions.
- Made players come shorter at throws when thrower struggling for options.
- When player is selected to come to collect from keeper he comes deeper.
- Stopped one man walls on free kicks taken by keeper in deep position.
- Fixed possibility of play getting stuck when player with ball goes down injure
d.
- Tweaked player ratings back halfway towards pre v642 levels.
Match v646
==========
- Reduced shot accuracy slightly.
- Stopped players dropping deep to mark opponents instead of holding defensive l
ine for an easy offside.
- Fixed bug where player may not react to short pass from keeper.
- Reduced players dallying on ball when being closed down.
- Made keepers more likely to clear lines from back passes.
- Players get back to kick off position quicker after celebrating goal.
Match v647
==========
- Assistant managers now always give a team talk recommendation when asked.
- AI now take comebacks from 2 or 3 down into account when deciding team talks.
- Players also take comebacks into account when reacting to team talks.
- Stopped centre halves getting dragged out of position too easily when NOT firs
t man behind ball.
- Slight reduction on lengths of goal kicks.
- Keepers now more willing to come to collect such long balls into their own are
a.
- Further improved defender direction facing when marking non ball player.
- Fixed issue with defenders dithering over whether to continue marking player w
ith ball.
- Further fix re confusion between closing down ball player and marking him from
a strategic position.
- Fixed further instance of players taking ridiculous first time shots.
- Fixed rare occurrence of players controlling ball and moving a few yards with
it stuck to their foot.
- Fixed bug where player who wins aerial challenge always recovers quicker than
the player who lost out.
- Fixed bug where defenders would occasionally get skinned by opponent due to pr
oblem in code rather than lack of ability.
- Fixed bug where keepers occasionally miss saves for no reason.
- Tweaked number of shots going over bar.
Match v648
==========
- Fixed bug where assistant team talk suggestions may be illogical after a win
Match v649
==========
- Fixed rare bug where keeper may needlessly miss opportunity to save shot
- Improved decision between pass and run depending on player instruction, player
tendency and situation
- Made wide players get into the box quicker when ball on opposite side
- Tweaked average ratings for attacking wide men
- Stopped distribution defender coming way too deep to pick up ball at goal kick
s
- Put a harsher workrate test on tracking back to challenge player already under
pressure
- Fixed bug where defenders take up identical positions when "doubling up" on at
tacker
- Off ball runs from behind ball now done at higher speed
- Fixed unrealistically slow kicked clearances
- Fixed advantage being played then play called back a few seconds later
- Fixed bug where one player kicks off with no team mate next to him
- Slightly toned down effect on ball physics of muddy/wet pitches
- Stopped ball that lands on top of net dropping to zero height and making it lo
ok like it should be a goal
- Stopped AI managers in FML changing mentality during match
- And reduced substitutions by AI managers in FML
- Fixed players at low levels of football occasionally playing to a stupidly poo
r standard
- Toned down defenders occasionally being drawn too far out from defensive line
to close down players
- Stopped strikers trying unrealistic first time shots when very wide or through
on goal
- Slight improvement on first touch and time taken to react after receiving ball
- Improved likelyhood of attackers "lunging" in to ball running across face of g
oal
- Improved positioning of players coming to offer options to throw in taker
- Tweaked marking positioning and facing direction slightly further
- Improved shooting accuracy for easier chances
- Slight reduction in number of "power shots"
- Improved near post flick ons at corners
Match v650
===========
- Stopped kick off being taken before all players close to their starting positi
ons
- Fixed bug from v640 that stopped keeper retrieving ball from own net after goa
l
- Fixed possibility of negative teamtalk reaction from player when team praised
after positive result
- Reduced strikers taking up wide position and inhibiting the wide midfielder's
movement
- Stopped players taking heavy morale hit after defeat that breaks excellent res
ult sequence
- Made composed defenders turn on ball before clearing if possible
- Pushed central midfielders slightly forward when ball wide
- Fixed "attack near/far post" at corners
- Fixed poor marking at free kicks close to corner
- Stopped receiver taking control of ball needlessly early
- And fixed new bug where receiver dallies on taking control of ball
- Made keeper offer back pass option more willingly
- More tweaks to improve goalie positioning and reactions
- Fixed bug that allows centre halves to go for same ball without failing decisi
on test
- Made players with tackle easy set stand off more rather than make tackle
- Players more willing to make themselves available for simple pass
- Improved marking facing further
- Stopped player dallying when passed ball from kick off
- Improved keeper response to distribution instructions further
- Fixed potential for defenders to score own goal when picking up loose ball on
own goal line but facing own goal
- Fixed referee penalising player for foul when not close enough to opponent who
takes a dive
- Fixed very low condition players not being subbed with knock ons that can mean
sent off keeper not replaced
- Upped midfielder match ratings a tad
Match v651
===========
- Improved rating of goals for awards/FML
- Fixed half time keeper sub coming on at wrong end
- Fixed wing back being reported as playing at full back after match
- Tweaked number of fouls up as it has been dropping
- Reduced effectiveness of headers slightly
- Reduced pass completion slightly
- Fixed corner delivery instructions being ignored
- Improved penalty scoring rate
- Reduced use of tall target man for less direct style managers
Match v652
===========
- Fixed rare crash when player heads ball at goal
- Stopped AI managers giving out run with ball instruction to unsuitable players
- Improved attacking positioning and delivery at free kicks near opp goal
- First set of optimisations to reduce recent slowdown
Match v653
===========
- Optimised match engine code to improve speed by around 20%
- Fixed bug where strikers can play too close together in unusual formations
- Fixed some run of the mill goals being given very high award ratings
- Raised number of fouls to more in line with real world data
- Raised number of penalties and their conversion rate in line with real world d
ata
- Fixed ball stopping unrealistically quickly on some low passes/shots
- Improved player judgement of interception possibilities
- Improved closing down AI yet again, now more aggressive but less unneccesary "
doubling up"
- Made player recovery time after going to ground more realistic
- Players now clear instead of tackle if it is feasible
- Fixed some unrealistic instances of poor first touch
- Players lunge in for loose balls near opposition goal more realistically
- Defenders now more effective against attackers running at them
- Defenders now slightly more aware of their dangerman's position when "marking
space"
- Fixed some strange positioning at free kicks inside defending penalty area
- Players with long shots set to often, or with long shots PPM, now more willing
to do so in good positions subject to morale
Match v654
===========
- Fixed players ignoring passes due to bug in optimisation
- Fixed players sometimes clearing ball instead of converting simple chance
- Pushed D-line up a tiny bit to reduce defensive teams ability to pass ball aro
und and dominate possession
Match v655
===========
- Reduced no of dangerous challenges
- Reduced no of professional fouls
- Fixed player teleporting bug ( from v653 )
- Fixed bug where defenders stand off and allow players to run through defensive
line too easily
- Improved player finishing when clean through
- Fixed play being called back after advantage played and shot taken
- Fixed obscure crash
Match v656
===========
- Stopped players being tripped by opponents but carrying on running with the ba
ll regardless
- Stopped defenders running towards own goal after ball has long gone out for go
al kick
- AI teams slightly more careful with width and depth when using defensive menta
lity
- Improved home advantage slightly in FML
- Improved tracking of opposition players by their opposite number in formations
- Stopped commentary referring to easy chances being missed when they clearly ar
ent easy
- Improved accuracy of lunges at loose ball towards goal
- Stopped ridiculously innacurate near post headers at goal from corners
- Made defensive line drop back to correct place quicker when defending
- Reduced keeper effectiveness slightly
- Made players look to get ball on best foot more often when bearing down on goa
l
- Improved likelyhood of player trying to round keeper when one on one with him
- Improved positioning of player marking wingers who have ball
- Improved defender reaction to rebounds
- Made players make pass back more often when under pressure facing own goal
- Tweaked number of long shots
- Stopped counter attack flag being set too easily when team wins ball - which h
ad impact on effects of defensive team mentality
- Fixed keepers changing ends too slowly at extra time half time
- Fixed anomalies in clip rating scores in FML
Match v657
===========
- Fix to marking of ball player that should improve defending potential one on o
ne situations
- Jumping influence over ariel duel winner increased
Match v658
===========
- Stopped advantage being played in favour of player on floor
- Jumping influence over ariel duel winner tweaked
- Further improved marking of player with ball
- Tweaked marking of other players
- Made players stay with opponent for longer when set piece is taken rather than
move to default tactical position and leave them free
- Made subs more or less likely for AI teams depending on team performance vs ex
pected result
- Fixed bug where injured player sometimes wasnt replaced by AI
- Fixed bug where 10 man AI teams would stick with uneven formation
- Adjusted offside rule to follow new "interfering with play" rules more strictl
y
- Improved midfielder tracking of opposite opponents by taking more account of f
orward or back arrows
- Reduced instances of midfielders being caught in possession after dallying on
ball in own half
- Stopped both fullbacks bombing forward when not set to make forward runs often
- Made defensive line drop back a bit quicker still, to desired position when te
am defending
- Improved interception AI a bit
- Made team mate stand with free kick taker at indirect free kick in shooting po
sition
- Improved player reactions to loose balls in area
- Reduced number of long shots from players with it set to "never"
- Tweaked finishing further according to ease of chance
- Made type of corner delivery vary more when set to "mixed"
Match v659
===========
- Tweaked AI manager expectation of result a bit
- Tweaked AI use of run with ball player slider
- Tweaked AI use of forward run player slider
- Improved individual player tracking of their opposite number in formation
- Made decisive players less likely to get caught in possession
- Made defensive line movement work somewhere in between versions 655 and 658
- Improved marking at corner kicks
- Made central defenders more likely to shift and cover full backs when required
- Stopped defenders backing too far off opponents who are running at defence wit
h ball
- Stopped corners being sent to edge of area when no team mate standing there
- Reduced through balls that are too easy for covering defenders to intercept
- Made teams defend slightly wider so as to cover danger from wings better
Match v660
===========
- Improved defender positioning when marking opponents on or off ball
- Stopped bug that saw AI teams set counter attacking option to on in FML regard
less of original human tactic setting
- Tweaked effect of red cards on motivation of both teams
- Tweaked effect of scoreline on motivation of both teams
- Stopped full backs defaulting to marking strikers when up against narrow forma
tions
- Reduced defenders getting dragged out of formation too easily against one stri
ker formations
- Tactics that have players with arrows pointing on top of other players ( or ot
her player's runs ) now have those arrows nulled by the match engine
Match v661
===========
- Activated missing tactical instructions in FML matches
- Made playing out of position affect player performance more
- Tweaked default marking player for defenders when formations arent "like for l
ike"
- Further tweak to defender marking positioning against off ball opponents
- Made specific man marking tighter to chosen opponent when ball not near goal
- Made full backs tuck in more when defending against narrow formations
- Tweaked keepers up a tiny bit
- Fixed some legal tactic arrows being disabled in v660
- Made players less likely to prioritise holding defensive line over marking pla
yer in dangerous area
Match v662
===========
- Fixed injury time being extended too easily
- Improved positioning for free kicks around the corner of opponents area
- Spread attacking players around a bit more at corners
- Improved marking at corners to account more for "mark tall/small player" instr
uction
- Improved position of player standing with taker at free kicks
- Fixed instance of match not kicking off after goal
- Fixed bug where player is fouled but carries on running and then play gets pul
led back with no advantage played
- Tweaked AI mentality slider ( applies to FM 8.0.2 only )
- Tweaked assistant manager team talk suggestions ( FM 8.0.2 only )
- Improved AI use of back arrows for one defensive midfielder in 442 formation (
FM 8.0.2 only )
- Improved AI use of opposition specific instructions ( FM 8.0.2 only )
- Improved default player to mark for each player according to formations
- Fixed bug where referee can "teleport" after a goal
- Reworked effect of "creative freedom" slider on player flair attribute
- Made AI teams sub very tired players earlier
- Fixed run past opponent being counted and reported in comms when defender too
far away to think about a challenge
- Fixed some instances of players running ball out of play needlessly
- Fixed some instances of player being clean through and shooting first time unn
eccesarily
- Improved direction of shot when player lunges in on ball close in
- Made full backs stay back more often depending on forward run slider or team m
entality slider being very defensive
- Stopped marginal offsides being called when ball has been touched since origin
al pass was made
- Fixed bug where keeper doesnt react properly to slow or still ball and lets at
tackers in
- Stopped too many players going for same ball when corner swung into far post
- Improved positioning of closing down player when he finds himself being caught
wrong side of opponent
- When keeper way out of position defenders now close down ball player immediate
ly
- Fixed bug where keeper picks up ball then clears wildly as if under lots of pr
essure
- Toned down finishing a tad when chance not clear cut
- Improved trajectory of free kicks on goal
- Toned down length of keeper kicks from hand
- Made players play more back passes when under pressure
- Improved near post flick on from corners/crosses
Match v663
===========
- Fixed v662 bug where players stop in their tracks and let ball player go
- Tweaked AI mentality slider ( applies to FM 8.0.2 only )
- Tweaked effect of consistency attribute a little ( a few more off days )
- Fixed bug where defenders may commit foul in area when ball nowhere near
- Fixed v662 bug where player marking ball player sometimes drops off suddenly a
nd illogically
- Tried to eradicate more instances of players stopping on ball and being caught
in possession
- Reduced ability of players to change direction with ball at high speed
- Stopped team all out attack setting overriding goalie mentality and sending hi
m forward for corners late on
- Made players move towards ball that is theirs for the taking ( broken in 661 )
- Fixed bug where player set to man mark specific player would drop way deeper t
han his defensive line
- Made attacking teams a little more adventurous with passing in safe areas
- Reduced instances of refs giving fouls mistakenly when player clearly gets the
ball
- Tweaked keeper ratings down a little
Match v664
===========
- Tweaked AI mentality slider ( applies to FM 8.0.2 only )
- Fixed illogical assistant teamtalk suggestions to individual players ( applies
to FM 8.0.2 only )
- Reduced slightly effect of scoreline on match ratings
- Tightened up marking at both set pieces and open play
- Also improved defensive tracking of lone strikers
- Made players more likely to close down when opponents try to play keep ball
- Improved execution of short free kicks to player standing next to taker
- Stopped players taking unrealistic first time shots when ball played in to the
m fast and in same direction of goal
- Reduced ability of players to "stop dead" when picking up ball at pace
- Tweaked defensive line slightly
- Attackers without high mentality setting now defend a bit deeper
- Tweaked on ball decision making to try to reduce players caught in possession
too easily
- Reduced pointless long shots on weaker foot
- Fixed over-long keeper kicks
- Made players help out team-mate on ball more readily
- Fixed players leaving post for no reason as corner swung in
- Reduced condition drop slightly ( aimed mainly at midfielders )
- Increased hit on attributes caused by low condition
- Fixed rare score divergence between platforms
- Improved goalie position when narrowing the angle on attacker
- Made AI ( FM 8.0.2 only ) use man marking on players who dominate possession
Match v665
===========
- Fixed bug where keeper can fail to control back pass and slice clearance to op
ponent for no logical reason
- Fixed bug where defender can run ball into own goal instead of making clearanc
e
- Increased no of fouls, cards and penalties back towards v663 level
- Fixed bug where marking at set pieces is too static and sometimes loose
- Fixed corner taker ignoring instructions on where to place corners
- Fixed freakishly long clearances from deep positions
- Reduced careless passes across own area at lower levels
- Stopped defenders stepping out to close down midfielder prematurely
Data Editor
===========
- Updated award editing to support new award fields.
- Fixed problem with cursor in number fields on Mac.
- Fixed some club records not getting saved properly.